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Apr. 11th, 2014 at 8:38 PM
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Antiviral drugs may not prevent flu spread, complications
The antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza reduce the duration of influenza symptoms by about half a day, but a review published in the journal BMJ found that these medications were not effective in preventing flu spread or reducing flu complications. For Tamiflu, researchers found insufficient evidence showing that the drug could lower hospital admissions or severe complications. Relenza, they said, "may be no better than other symptom relief medications." USA Today (4/10), The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (4/9)
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And this is nice, but...
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Cases of invasive drug-resistant MRSA decline in U.S.
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found a 27.7% decline in health care-associated community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections from 2005 to 2011. There were 80,461 invasive MRSA infections that occurred nationally in 2011, and 48,353 were classified as health care-associated community-onset, while about 14,000 were hospital-onset infections. Hospital-onset cases declined by more than half during the same period. BeckersHospitalReview.com (4/9)
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And from the "not good but not too surprising" category:
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Many U.S. parents still believe vaccines are linked to autism
A National Consumers League survey of 1,756 adults showed that 33% of those with children under age 18 believed that vaccines can cause autism. Half of the parents surveyed knew about the study linking vaccines to autism, but just 50% of those were aware that the research has been retracted. Disability Scoop (4/9)